Polar Bears on the Endangered Species List

Polar Bears on the Endangered Species List

The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion... [more]

The U.S. government has proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is melting. Learn about polar bears, bookmark photos and videos, share your opinion about the proposal in the blog, or learn about the implications of adding Polar Bears to the list.

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT–For thousands of years, Inuit hunters have stalked polar bears across the Arctic, killing animals they revere to keep themselves, and their culture, alive. Now the movement to stop climate change has adopted polar bears as furry symbols of global warming's perils, making Inuit feel endangered by moves to protect their prey. Canada is home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears, animals that are still central to the Inuit way...  
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